Recent content by mally1975

I have (and have had lol..) some incredibly stupid Silkies but Lord bless 'em they are so much fun to keep. Our brood Mama Silkie (who we sadly lost this year) regularly 'fell out' with the water container - it was obviously acting suspiciously according to Arrow!!.. One of our Silkie roos...

Just to set the scene... I have 17 chickens - four beautiful roos and 13 clucky hens (mixed breeds - Silkies, Frizzles, Pekins, Wyandottes).. We were blessed with the arrival of three chickenny babies in December (the girls hid the eggs!), we knew we'd need to check the coop and fencing - just...

Thank you for your comment.. I see your point - what happens if one dies etc. What about the 'free range', should there be a limit?.. So many questions, it's things I have thought of but maybe someone who had experience could possibly advise on?

Thank you for your comment.. .. Glad it's not that unusual!

Hello BYC members, To make things easier, I've attached a couple of photos of our Wyandottes. The first picture is a sliver laced female called Masala, and with her is Pie and they both get on very well with our Wyandotte Roo called Stew (second picture, investigating our van) and also the...

Thank you to everyone who commented on my post.. I've learnt a lot from BYC and any questions I have, I will ask.. Best go and see the flock (and hopefully try to not get chicken flash mobbed or frisked for non-existant treats lol).. Thanks again all!

I'm sort of new to keeping chickens but over the last few weeks, we seem to have had it all thrown at us.. We started off with a small crew of two silkies, two frizzles and a Pekin Bantam.. Right from the offset, the Pekin was a 'bully' - throwing the slightly smaller, younger ones off the...